Five new tacho products at Show

18th October 1980, Page 24

18th October 1980

Page 24

Page 24, 18th October 1980 — Five new tacho products at Show

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LUCAS KIENZLE has introduced five new products at the NEC Motor Show (CM October 11g, writes STEVE GRAY.

The first, and perhaps most important of these, is the second-generation electronic tachograph — designed to meet the needs of vehicle installations where the cable run is long or complex.

Instead of the usual flexible rotating shaft drive and adaptor gearbox, the only connection is an electric cable.

The head of the tachograph, the 1314 model, is calibrated rather than an adaptor gearbox. Signals for the head come from a transducer which works on the Hall Effect — a solid-state magnetic switch device.

Although the new tachograph — which comes in one-driver and one or two crew-member versions with or without engine speed — is designed for rearor mid-engined coach or bus chassis, it does have an advantage for lorry applications.

If a larger cable length than necessary is fitted, it allows the gearbox to be removed for, say, clutch replacement without the need for recalibration. And at £320 the 1314 tachograph is ac tually cheaper than the 1313 model it replaces.

Another of Lucas Kienzle's new releases is the option of a fourth stylus on new tachographs or those built since September 1, 1980, provided they are automatic.

The fourth stylus can be coupled to give any information required, such as reefer operation, blower operation or, on psvs, the number of door openings.

It can also be used in conjunction with LK's third product, a fuel flowmeter. Costing £280, the meter is suitable for in-line or dpa-pumped engines and will be later useable on mechanical injected power units.

Electrical impulses from the measuring unit can be registered on a six-digit counter then on to the tachograph. The results are shown by a short stroke representing two litres each and a long stroke representing 20 litres each, but a version giving fiveand 50-litre recordings is available.

Alternatively, the readings from the digital counter can be recorded manually each day. Lucas Kienzle says that, like the rest of the information from automatic tachographs, fuel consumption can be analysed on its computer analyser, available for £25,000 or on lease.

For those operators running vehicles outside the scope of the EEC legislation, or indeed fleet operators, there is no mini tachograph. It can h either a 24-hour or seven-' capability, the latter using se. charts.

The cost is £127 for the hour and £135 for the seven-c With the computer type 1 chart analyser costing £25, and only suitable for autom tachograph charts, LK has in duced a cheaper chart anal) which is partly manua operated. The chart is rotatec the HDA analyser and has sults on three LED displays